Nothing cheap about this Tart on Tour
Tarts: they’re sweet and Shakespearean but, as New Zealand comedian and writer, Deb Filler says “You want a taste? Careful how you answer that question. This tart's not cheap.”
Sep 10, 2023•10 min
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Perlina Lau hosts a weekly show about creativity and culture in Aotearoa.
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Fast Favourites with Cousins star Tanea Heke
Every week on Culture 101 we welcome a guest to share the love and shout out to some current favourite arts and culture. This week’s guest is tumuaki (leader) of Te Kura Toi Whakaari o Aotearoa: NZ Drama School, Tanea Heke. Tanea is a loved figure from stage and screen. A staunch yet kind presence in films like No.2, Waru, Eagle vs Shark and Cousins.
Sep 10, 2023•15 min
A Conversation with William Webb Ellis by John Kiley
With the 2023 Rugby World Cup starting soon we thought it might be a good idea to dig into the history of rugby football and examine the “origin story” of the game itself. As it turns out the “truth of the matter” is as murky as the secrets of scrummaging and as open to interpretation as the tackle ball rule. With Peter Hambleton and Susie Fergusson Recorded by Phil Benge and Produced by Duncan Smith
Sep 06, 2023•22 min
Kiwi YouTubers crowdfund multi-million dollar studio in Auckland
A “bunch of nerds who play games and make comedy sketches about games” have come a long way. With more than 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and in excess of 2.4 billion views on their channel, Viva La Dirt League are most definitely world famous - but mostly outside New Zealand.
Sep 03, 2023•14 min
What if artists earned the same as everybody else?
Creative New Zealand research this year shows artists are still earning considerably less than other wage earners.
Sep 03, 2023•20 min
New laureate Taiaroa Royal’s life in dance and on the land
If it wasn’t for disco, Taiaroa Royal might be best known as a farmer. Not one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated dancers and choreographers.
Sep 03, 2023•14 min
Regional Wrap: Nelson with Judene Edgar
Each week we join a creative correspondent from a different part of Aotearoa New Zealand. This week it’s Judene Edgar from Whakatū aka Nelson.
Sep 03, 2023•6 min
BDSM back in theatres by popular demand!
BDSM is hitting the stage in Tāmaki Makaurau. No, not that BDSM - the Bomb Defusal School of Manakau of course.
Sep 03, 2023•16 min
Drawing to help dementia
Successful trials in France have shown drawing can improve the well-being and lessen the anxiety of those living with dementia. Now, Massey University will join forces with French institutes to run a trial in Wellington.
Sep 03, 2023•6 min
The art of joysticks - reinventing the spacies parlour
Since he could barely reach the joysticks in his local parlour in Ngongotaha, Lake Rotorua, Preston McNeil (Te Arawa, Tainui) has loved spacies.
Sep 03, 2023•13 min
Comedy and drama queen Kura Forrester plays Fast Favourites
Comedian, actor and writer Kura Forrester drops into Culture 101 to talk about what she’s been watching and listening to when she’s not in rehearsal.
Sep 03, 2023•10 min
At The Movies for 30 August 2023
Simon Morris looks at three movies that take certain short cuts to reach their audience.
Aug 30, 2023•23 min
Word Christchurch with critic Erin Harrington
Can you be a critic in your own backyard? Culture 101 speaks to arts critic and senior lecturer, Erin Harrington, about the latest from the Word festival in Christchurch.
Aug 27, 2023•4 min
Being a voice for mute global star artist Susan Te Kahurangi King
By the time she was seven, Susan Te Kahurangi King had stopped talking. Yet, today, she is one of Aotearoa’s most globally sought after artists. Paris, New York, Dusseldorf are just some of the locations of solo exhibitions this year.
Aug 27, 2023•21 min
Regional Wrap: Whangarei with Baz Squire
Each week we join a creative correspondent from a different part of Aotearoa New Zealand. This week it’s Baz Squire of Whangārei’s Hangar Gallery.
Aug 27, 2023•7 min
New Zealand cancels pavilion but confirms a record number of artists at 2024 Venice Biennale
“New Zealand cancels Venice Biennale pavilion, citing inadequate resources” ran the headline on leading international art news site Artnet this month. There were similar from New York’s Artforum International.
Aug 27, 2023•16 min
Classical hits the streets
From Brahms to Bridgerton and Baroque to Beyonce; classical music is hitting the streets of the capital in early September as Classical on Cuba returns for a third year.
Aug 27, 2023•11 min
Fast Favourites: Karen O’Leary
TV star Karen O'Leary chats to Culture 101 about what she's seeing, consuming and why despite being all over TV, she doesn't watch much of it.
Aug 27, 2023•9 min
Aotearoa Pan-Asian film celebrates our diversity and confronts concepts of “home”
The feature film Kainga features Pan-Asian ethnicities including Chinese, Indian, Maori-Chinese, Iranian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian and Tamil Eelam New Zealanders. Culture 101 discusses the importance of Pan-Asian representation on screen.
Aug 20, 2023•25 min
Regional Wrap: culture news from Te Tai Poutini
Is there more to Te Tai Poutini than wild foods, pounamu and driftwood?
Aug 20, 2023•10 min
Will you get to watch your favourite screen actors in 2024?
The Hollywood writers and actors strikes continue with no end in sight. The ripple effects are being felt in New Zealand and Culture 101 explores what this means for audience viewing.
Aug 20, 2023•12 min
Jemaine Clement’s forgotten Aotearoa podcast
The epic and lavish comedy podcast, The Mysterious Secrets of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium, has remained largely unheard of in Aotearoa. Until now.
Aug 20, 2023•23 min
Pita Turei: grounding the arts in Tāmaki Makaurau
Pita Turei is an actor, curator, sculptor, comedian and staunch cultural and Iwi advocate. More than anything, Turei tells Culture 101’s Mark Amery, he’s dedicated to walking with people to reveal the hidden histories of Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland.
Aug 20, 2023•22 min
A Culture101 party with Bret McKenzie, Suzanne Tamaki and Dr Drama
Mark Amery and Perlina Lau are joined by composer and actor Bret McKenzie, artist and cultural events organiser extraordinaire Suzanne Tamaki (Maniapoto, Tūhoe, and Te Arawa) and Dr Drama aka theatre critic James Wenley.
Aug 20, 2023•14 min
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